New York: Baltimore’s Buck Showalter was voted AL Manager of the Year for the third time on Tuesday, while Washington’s Matt Williams won the NL honour following his first season as a big league skipper.
Showalter received 25 of 30 first-place votes and 132 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. He kept up his pattern of winning the award once a decade following victories with the New York Yankees in 1994 and Texas in 2004.
“I won’t be doing it 10 years from now,” Showalter said on the MLB Network telecast.
The Los Angeles Angels’ Mike Scioscia was second with four firsts and 61 points, and Kansas City’s Ned Yost third with 41 points. Seattle’s Lloyd McClendon followed with 29 points.
Showalter guided the Orioles to a 96-66 record and their first AL East title since 1997. Voting took place before the play-offs, where Baltimore swept Detroit in the Division Series and then were swept by Kansas City in the AL Championship Series.
